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Shenandoah Fiber Festival Overview

9/27/2017

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Better late then never right!? What a wonderful time we had at the Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival this past weekend! It was a weekend of beautiful weather, wonderful people, and creativity! We were a vendor in the show barn again this year, helped friends show their angora goats, demonstrated spinning and weaving on a triangle loom, and the kids even competed in the fleece to scarf competition! The team for the fleece to scarf was made up of Ashley and Matt spinning 100% angora fiber straight from the rabbit and Madi as the weaver. Their team theme was butterflies and they just had a grand time! Here are some pictures from the event! We will be there next year... Same barn, same booth!
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Team Butterflies!
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The finished Angora Scarf!
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Madi talking about the Angora Scarf!
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The Hoppin' Treddlers
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A Goofy Trio!
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They finished!
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Ashley spinning from her Giant Angora in the contest!
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Madi weaving the scarf in the contest!
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All three teams and their finished scarves!
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Team butterflies won first place!
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Madi Hem Stitching!
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Madi and Matt helping at the goat show!
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Sisters!
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Madi helping her friend Eric at the Goat Show!
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Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival 2017!

9/22/2017

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All set up and ready for the Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival! We are located in the Show Barn, booth #10.
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3 Generations!
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3 Generations!
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All of our natural & hand-dyed yarns created at Blue Mountain Farms - Fiber Mill! Fibers grown on our farm, from our animals, and processed in our mill!
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All of our natural & hand-dyed yarns created at Blue Mountain Farms - Fiber Mill! Fibers grown on our farm, from our animals, and processed in our mill!
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Lots of fun colors!
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Sisters make a great team!
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From Companion to Scarf...

9/13/2017

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About two years ago, we were approached by someone looking to have their Samoyed dog's hair turned into yarn. After looking over the fiber, we agreed to give it a shot. We've now been doing regular custom blends of this super soft dog yarn! This past weekend during the yarn pickup, we finally had the chance to meet one of the loving dogs that kindly donate their fur for the yarn blend!
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Blue Mountain Farms 50% Samoyed Dog/ 50% Merino Wool Yarn
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Ashley meeting one of the Samoyed Girls who graciously donates her hair for the Samoyed Dog yarn!
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Madi getting puppy snuggles
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From Farm to Fashion...

9/7/2017

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In our mill, we transform a lot of raw fibers into yarns, corespun rug yarn, roving, felt, etc. We hear about so many exciting future projects and we see occasional photos of finished projects, but many times we are left wondering what ever happened to that beautiful batch of fiber we processed!? A little over a year ago, two sisters visited us and their excitement for their future projects was contagious. They were so excited to have fiber to be processed into yarn from their very own Shetland sheep and they couldn't wait to construct hand knit shawls from their beloved pets! We worked hard to turn their fleeces into a natural lace & sport weight yarn. This past weekend, to our surprise, they came back with the finished shawls! No longer will we wonder what the finished projects looked like! Here are some pictures of the shawls the girls shared with us...
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Blue Mountain Farms Shetland Yarn knit into a shawl
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Blue Mountain Farms Shetland Yarn knit into a shawl
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Blue Mountain Farms Shetland Yarn knit into a shawl
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Blue Mountain Farms Shetland Yarn knit into a shawl
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Blue Mountain Farms Shetland Yarn knit into a shawl
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Blue Mountain Farms Shetland Yarn knit into a shawl
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Soft as Marshmallows!

9/5/2017

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Hand dyed 100% Alpaca yarn that we just finished and it's heading out to its owner today! Its marshmallow soft!
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Blue Mountain Farms Hand Dyed 100% Alpaca Sock Yarn
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Blue Mountain Farms Hand Dyed 100% Alpaca Sock Yarn
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Harrisburg, PA 17112 
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